Kent Barker Collection / The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

January 2, 1960

JFK ENTERS THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE

Senator Kennedy announces his candidacy for President of the United States.

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Image: Kennedy's presidential campaign button features his face on a background of red, white and blue stripes.

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Frank Griffin Oral History

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Frank Griffin Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Frank Griffin. On November 22, 1963, Griffin was working as a bricklayer at a construction site at the corner of Tenth and Denver Streets in Oak Cliff. He heard shots fired nearby and witnessed the immediate aftermath of the shooting of Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit. Interview recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 7, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.

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Object title:

Frank Griffin Oral History

Date:

11/07/2008

Terms:

Oak Cliff

Author

Oral histories

Tippit, J.D.

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Griffin, Frank

Dallas

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)
Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 30 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.001.0087

Curatorial Note:

As discussed in this oral history, Mr. Griffin's autobiography, Touched by Fire: One Man's Road from Phenix City to Dallas, 1954-1963, was self-published in 2008. The Museum is pleased to have a copy in our Library Collection: Koha | Details for Touched by fire (bibliovation.com). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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Frank Griffin Oral History

Videotaped oral history interview with Frank Griffin. On November 22, 1963, Griffin was working as a bricklayer at a construction site at the corner of Tenth and Denver Streets in Oak Cliff. He heard shots fired nearby and witnessed the immediate aftermath of the shooting of Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit. Interview recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on November 7, 2008 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty minutes long.

Object Details
Object title:

Frank Griffin Oral History

Date:

11/07/2008

Terms:

Oak Cliff

Author

Oral histories

Tippit, J.D.

Oswald, Lee Harvey

Griffin, Frank

Dallas

Lee Harvey Oswald (OHC)

Authors, Filmmakers, and Researchers (OHC)

Medium:

Born digital (.m2ts file)

Dimensions:

Duration: 30 Minutes

Credit line:

Oral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

Object number:

2008.001.0087

Curatorial Note:

As discussed in this oral history, Mr. Griffin's autobiography, Touched by Fire: One Man's Road from Phenix City to Dallas, 1954-1963, was self-published in 2008. The Museum is pleased to have a copy in our Library Collection: Koha | Details for Touched by fire (bibliovation.com). -- Stephen Fagin, Curator

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